研究员,博导
邮箱:daoyangzi@aliyun.com
地址:上海市杨浦区湾谷科技园2期D3座13楼
个人简介
2000年9月—2004年7月 本科 南开大学化学院
2004年9月—2009年7月 博士研究生 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所 导师:袁钧瑛教授
2009年7月—2011年12月 助理研究员 中国科学院上海有机化学研究所 袁钧瑛课题组
2012年1月—2012年5月 博士后 麻省理工学院(MIT),Koch Institute Robert S. Langer课题组
2012年6月—2016年1月 博士后 哈佛大学医学院,附属儿童医院内分泌系 Umut Ozcan 课题组
2016年1月—2025年1月 上海交通大学医学院研究员 上海市糖尿病研究所,上海交大附属第六人民医院
2025年1月—至今 复旦大学研究员 复旦大学代谢与整合生理学研究院
主要研究方向
长期以来,刘军力研究员专注于探究脂肪组织脂解和产热等能量代谢的调控机制。前期工作揭示了缓解“瘦素抵抗”以维持能量代谢平衡的分子机制(Cell,2015,第一作者;Cell,2016,共一排一;Nat Med,2016,共一排二)。自2016年回国建立课题组以来,刘军力研究员聚焦于研究不依赖交感神经的脂肪能量代谢调控新机制,取得了一系列研究成果(图1)。1. 揭示了独立于交感神经的脂肪组织自主感应并调控能量代谢的新机制:发现脂肪细胞内以丙酮酸脱氢酶亚基PDHE2为关键节点且独立于中枢神经调控的脂肪米色化和产热调控新型通路,证明通过这种脂肪组织自主激活脂肪产热有效缓解代谢性疾病且对心脏安全无害,为研发安全减重药物开辟了新方向(Cell Metab,2021a,最后通讯;Cell Metab,2025,最后通讯;Metabolism,2019,最后通讯)。该成果荣获Cell Press“年度最受欢迎中国论文”(Most Picked Award,附件17),刘军力研究员受邀在Cell Metab期刊上发表亮点评述(Voices),介绍该研究成果(附件7)。2. 阐释了脂肪细胞与相邻细胞间能量物质交互的新型病理生理机制:揭示了肾癌周脂肪组织发生米色化机制,探明了肾周米色化脂肪通过与肾癌细胞的“双向交流”促进癌症进展的病理机制;并发现缓解肾脏纤维化新机制(Diabetes,2024,Cell Metab,2021b,最后通讯;Sci Transl Med,2019,最后通讯);据此开发了一种新型抗肾癌组合疗法,并于2023年顺利获得中国临床试验注册中心的审批(审批号:ChiCTR2300068631,附件20),目前正在开展研究者发起临床试验(IIT)。该研究成果被国际权威期刊Nat Rev Nephrol、Cancer Discov和Cancer Res先后发表3篇专题评述(Research Highlights)给予积极评价(附件 9-11)。3. 发现了脂肪亚细胞空间精准调控脂肪能量代谢的新机制:发现肉豆蔻酰化修饰的Eepd1通过招募并在细胞膜内侧激活PKA,调控脂肪能量代谢和肝脏脂肪代谢的新型分子机制(Nat Commun,2024,唯一通讯;Adv Sci,2024,最后通讯;Cell Rep,2022,最后通讯)。刘军力研究员受邀先后发表2篇亮点评述,推广该系列研究成果(J Mol Cell Biol,2023 和2025,最后通讯)。
荣誉及获奖情况
2016 国家中组部青年千人
2017 国家基金委“优青”
2022 北美华人糖尿病学会青年科学家奖Chinese-American Diabetes Association,Junior Investigator Award (全球每年2人获奖)
2021 上海市卫生系统“银蛇奖”获得者
2021 青年科学家奖,生物物理学会代谢分会(全国每年2人获奖)
2020 上海市教育基金委“曙光学者”
2016 2016 Harvard Chinese Life Science Yongjin Research Award
2016年哈佛大学华人学者生命科学涌金奖
代表性成果
Wang N#, Lu SJ#, Cao ZY#, Li HM, Xu JT, Zhou Q, Yin HR, Qian QQ, Zhang XJ, Tao MJ, Jiang QX, Zhou PH, Zheng LY, Han L, Li HT, Yin LM, Gu YQ, Dou XF, Sun HP, Wang W, Piao HL, Li FM, Xu YJ, Yang WW*, Chen SZ*, Liu JL*. Pyruvate Metabolism Enzyme DLAT Promotes Tumorigenesis by Suppressing Leucine Catabolism. Cell Metabolism,2025, 37:1-19.
Wei G#, Sun HL#, Dong K#, Hu LB#, Wang Q#, Zhuang Q#, Zhu Y#, Zhang XJ, Shao YD, Tang HR, Li ZF, Chen SZ, Lu JX, Wang YB, Gan XX, Zhong TP, Gui DK, Hu XY, Wang LH*, Liu JL*. The thermogenic activity of adjacent adipocytes fuels the progression of clear cell renal cell carcinoma and compromises anti-tumor therapeutic efficacy. Cell Metabolism, 2021, October 5. 33 (10),2021-2039.
Chen SZ#, Liu XX#, Peng C#, Tan C#, Sun HL#, Liu H, Zhang Y, Wu P, Cui C, Liu CC, Yang D, Li ZQ, Lu JX, Guan J, Ke XS, Wang RX, Bo XH, Xu XJ*, Han JX*, Liu JL*. The Phytochemical Hyperforin Triggers Thermogenesis in Adipose Tissue via a Dlat-AMPK Signaling Axis to Curb Obesity. Cell Metabolism, 2021, Mar. 33(3):565-580.
Gao P#, Li LL#, Yang L, Gui DK, Zhang JR, Han JF, Wang JJ, Wang NS, Lu JX, Chen SZ, Hou LP, Sun HL, Xie LP, Zhou J, Peng C, Lu Y, Peng XM, Wang CC, Miao J, Ozcan U, Huang Y, Jia WP*, Liu JL*. Yin Yang 1 protein ameliorates diabetic nephropathy pathology through transcriptional repression of TGFβ1. Science Translational Medicine, 2019 Sep 18.11(510), DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaw2050; PMID: 31534017.
Chen SZ#, Wang YP#, Zhou Q#, Jiang QX, Qian QQ, Liu CC, Zhou PH, Xiong J, Zhang Y, Wang N, Yin LM, Liu JL*, Myristoylated Eepd1 Enhances Lipolysis and Thermogenesis through PKA Activation to Combat Obesity. Nature Communications, 2025 Jan;16(1):651. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-56026-2.
Xiong J#, Xu Y, Wang N, Wang SM, Zhang Y, Lu SJ, Zhang XM, Liang XX, Liu CC, Jiang QX, Xu JT, Qian QQ, Zhou PH, Yin LM, Liu F, Chen SZ*, Yin SK*, Liu JL*, Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Exacerbates NASH Progression via Selective Autophagy-Mediated Eepd1 Degradation, Advanced Science. 2024, 11(35):e2405955, DOI:10.1002/advs.202405955.
Xie LP#, Yuan YM#, Xu SM#, Lu SJ#, Gu JY, Wang YP, Wang YB, Zhang XJ, Chen SZ, Li J, Lu JX, Sun HL, Hu RX, Piao HL, Wang W, Wang CC, Wang J, Li N, White MF, Han L, Jia WP*, Miao J*, Liu JL*. Downregulation of hepatic Ceruloplasmin ameliorates NAFLD via SCO1-AMPK-LKB1 complex, Cell Reports, 2022, Oct. 41: 111498.
Sun HL#, Wei G#, Lu JX, Miao J*, Liu JL*, Chen SZ*. Inhibition of XBP1s ubiquitination enhances its protein stability and improvesglucose home ostasis, Metabolism. Clin. Exp.,DOI:10.1016/j.metabol.2019.154046;PMID:31837300.
Zhang Y#,Jiang QX Fan XM, Liu JL*, Chen SZ* Coagulation factor FVII fine-tunes hepatic steatosis by blocking AKT-CD36-mediated fatty acid uptake , Diabetes, 2024, 73(5):1-20.
YuanYM#, Junting Xu, Jiang QX, Yang CX, Wang N, Liu XL, Piao HL, Lu SJ, Zhang XJ, Han L, Liu ZY, Cai JB*, Liu F*, Chen SZ*, Liu JL*, Ficolin 3 promotes ferroptosis in HCC by downregulating IR/SREBP axis-mediated MUFA synthesis. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research. 2024, 43(1):133. DOI: 10.1186/s13046-024-03047-2.9.
Zheng ZG#, Zhang X, Liu XX, X, Jin XX, Dai LZ, Cheng HM, Liu JL*, Li HJ*, Li P*, Xu XJ*. Inhibition of HSP90β Improves Lipid Homeostasis Disorder by Promoting Mature SREBPs Ubiquitin-proteasome Degradation. Theranostics,2019;9(20); DOI:10.7150/thno.36505.
Zhang Y#, Wang YB*, Liu JL*, Friend or foe for obesity: how hepatokines remodel adipose tissues and translational perspective, Genes & Diseases, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gendis.2021.12.011.
Lu SJ#, Wang YB, Liu JL*, TNF-α signaling in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and targeted therapies, Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 2021, (49): 269-278。 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgg.2021.09.009.
Wang YP#, Xiong J#, Yuan YM, Peng C, Wu P, Wang YB, Lu JX, Yin Y, Xu JT, Chen SZ*, Liu JL*, Suppression of RIP1 activity via S415 dephosphorylation ameliorates obesity-related hepatic insulin resistance, Obesity, 2022 Mar;30(3):680-693. doi: 10.1002/oby.23361. Epub 2022 Feb 13.
Liu CC#, Zhang Y#, Wang N, Xu JT, Liang XX, Xiong J, Lu SJ, Zhou PH, Wang YB*, Liu JL*, Chen SZ*,Betaine–homocysteine methyltransferase promotes adipocyte commitment and insulin resistance via p38 MAPK/Smad signaling,Obesity, 2022,Accepted.
Wei G#, Sun HL, Liu JL, Dong K, Liu JL*, Zhang M*. Indirubin, a small molecular deriving from connectivity map (CMAP) screening, ameliorates obesity-induced metabolic dysfunction by enhancing brown adipose thermogenesis and white adipose browning, 2020,Nutrition & Metabolism, 17:21 DOI:10.1186/s12986-020-00440-4.
Lu SJ#, Chen SZ*, Miao J*, Liu JL*. Comments on ‘Downregulation of hepatic Ceruloplasmin ameliorates NAFLD via SCO1-AMPK-LKB1 complex, Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 Aug 3;15(4):mjad026. doi: 10.1093/jmcb/mjad026.
Shao YD#, Yao Z#, Zhou JY, Yu M, Chen SZ, Yuan YM, Han L*, Jiang LQ*, Liu JL*. A novel small compound TOIDC suppresses lipogenesis via SREBP1-dependent signaling to curb MAFLD, Nutrition & Metabolism, 2022 Dec 6;19(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s12986-022-00713-0.
Jiang QX#, Wang N, Lu SJ, Xiong J, Yuan MM*, Liu JL*, Chen SZ*. Targeting hepatic ceruloplasmin mitigates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis by modulating bile acid metabolism, Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. accepted.
Liu JL#, Lee L#, Hernandez MAS, Mazitschek R*, Ozcan U*. Treatment of Obesity with Celastrol. Cell, 2015, 161: 999-1011.(co-first auther)PMID: 26000480
Liu JL#, Ibi D, Taniguchi K, Lee J, Herrema H, Akosman B, Mucka P, Hernandez MAS, Park SW, Karin M*, Ozcan U*. Inflammation Improves Glucose Homeostasis Through IKKβ-XBP1s Interaction 2016, Cell, 2016 Nov 3;167(4):1052-1066.e18; DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.015; PMID: 27814504
Liu JL#, Xia HG, Kim MS, Xu LH, Li Y, Zhang LH, Cai Y, Norberg HV, Zhang T, Furuya T, Jin MZ, Zhu ZM, Wang HC, Yu J, Li YX, Hao Y, Choi A, Ke HM, Ma DW*, Yuan JY*. Beclin1 controls the levels of p53 by regulating the deubiquitination activity of USP10 and USP13. Cell, 2011, 147: 223-234. PMID: 21962518
Jaemin L#, Liu JL#, Feng XD, Hernández MAS, Mucka P, Ibi D, Choi JW*, Ozcan U*. Withaferin A is a leptin sensitizer with strong antidiabetic properties in mice,Nature Medicine,2016 Sep;22(9):1023-32; doi:10.1038/nm.4145; PMID: 27479085
Zhou PH, Wang N, Lu SJ, Xiong J, Zhang Y, Jiang QX, Qian QQ, Zhou Q, Liu JL*, CHEN SZ*, Dihydrolipoamide S-acetyltransferase activation alleviates diabetic kidney disease via AMPK-autophagy axis and mitochondrial protection. Translational Research. 2024, 274:81-100. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2024.09.005.
Lu SJ, Jiang QX, Zhou PH, Yin LM, Wang N, Xu JT, Qian QQ, Tao MJ, Yin HR, Han L, Gu YQ, Gao F, Liu JL*, Chen SZ*, Targeting Dlat-Trpv3 pathway by hyperforin elicits non-canonical promotion of adipose thermogenesis as an effective anti-obesity strategy ,J Adv Res, 2024,S2090-1232(24)00555-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2024.11.035.